{"id":95037,"date":"2022-12-30T06:49:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T11:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=95037"},"modified":"2022-12-30T06:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T11:49:17","slug":"theology-religion-dd-cfp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2022\/12\/theology-religion-dd-cfp.html","title":{"rendered":"Theology\/Religion & D&D #CFP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Call for Abstracts [via Matt Brake<\/a>]: Theology, Religion, and Dungeons & Dragons<\/em><\/p>\n

Edited by Scott Donahue-Martens and Brandon Simonson<\/p>\n

Dungeons & Dragons is a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) that was created in 1974 and popularized in the 1970\u2019s and 1980\u2019s, though it has found a renaissance in contemporary popular culture due in part to its prominent role in the Netflix series Stranger Things. The COVID-19 pandemic saw a surge in virtual Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) gaming via work-from-home platforms such as Zoom; from their living rooms, people across the world would work in the virtual office by day and venture into the fantasy worlds of D&D by evening. Additionally, the rising popularity of live-streamers and groups with enormous followings, such as Critical Role, underscores the prominent role that the game continues to hold with tabletop gamers and speaks to the diverse manners in which D&D is enjoyed.<\/p>\n

The fantasy worlds of D&D are replete with religious imagery and rely on the theological imagination. Real-world theological and religious concepts and ideas inform this theological imagination, placing human players in foreign yet familiar settings. Guidebooks provide source material for religious and belief structures, as well as deities and player classes that engage both religion and theology. D&D utilizes theology and religion in its expansive mythos, worldbuilding, and everyday experiences of adventures.<\/p>\n

The editors gladly invite submissions on, but not limited to, the topics below for a volume on the intersections of academic disciplines of theology, religious studies, and the creative world of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), to be published in the Theology, Religion, and Popular Culture book series. Interested authors should send chapter abstracts of 300-700 words, along with a CV or resume, to\u00a0theology.religion.dnd@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Methodologies and Approaches: theological, religious, or other disciplines intersecting with some aspect or concepts from the D&D universe. Topics might include:<\/p>\n